Washington Wizards

Doc Rivers, the Clippers' president of basketball operations, has stocked the team's roster like a grocery store in the days before a snowstorm. There's a Socrates-deep bench to go with two of the NBA's top players, Chris Paul and Blake Griffin, not to mention the emoji-fueled return of defensive dynamo DeAndre Jordan. All of which leads to a surprisingly long list of questions for Doc Rivers, the coach: Borderline ball hogs Lance Stephenson and Jamal Crawford on the same unit? How's that going to work? Can Paul Pierce realistically expect to play starter-level minutes at age 38? Four small forwards? Really? Does the fourth-stringer get more minutes than...

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